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Shannon Sheffert

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Stillwater, OK 74074

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Hello All from Southern Oklahoma,

With trapping season in full swing it sounds like most of the furs were sold out. We should have as good or better fur market, Hopefully..

Monte Dodson sent me a very interesting article out of a paper during the 1945-46 fur season.

His letter said— These are several things worth noting. One is that opossum and skunk made up over 80% of the season fur catch. Also note the number of muskrats taken against we get today. Not shown but part of the skunk catch had to include civet cats my last one was in 1944. Of course the muskrat price had to have an influence on the trappers interest but also the abundance of each species during that time. I remember walking 6 miles just to see what a coon track looked like.

The article:

Oklahoma Trappers Get 271,837 Animals

Trappers in Oklahoma brought in a total of 271,837 fur-bearing animals during the 1945-46 fur year, it was reported by the fish and wildlife service Friday.